Obsidian
3yr ago
I fucking love olives. I would eat them all the time if they weren't so expensive.
Kalamata olives, olives stuffed with garlic or pimento, olive bread, olives in greek salad... holy shit dude
Obsidian
3yr ago
It's too involved of a relationship.
That pattern sounds dangerous, both in this specific instance and in the more general case.
You can definitely take "trust but verify" too far, especially with friends and romantic partners (rather than professional associates).
Obsidian
3yr ago
I hit the "subscribe" button on a couple threads and now I'm getting notifications for my own posts.
Obsidian
3yr ago
I'm keeping it for /r/redscarepod, /r/redscarepodprivate, /r/slatestarcodex, /r/theschism.
Obsidian
3yr ago
The Northern Lights (American: The Golden Compass) would be great for middle school, as it is about standing up to groomers and keeping your integrity even when it's inconvenient. The strong gypsy representation and relative antagonism towards religion are both bonuses in my book.
Roald Dahl's The Witches is a good children's book about dealing with difficult changes, so put that in as well. Add The Chronicles of Narnia as well.
For high school... my school had a heavy focus on stories of disprivileged people, which I found helpful. One of the options was The Notebook by Agota Kristof, which is a great little read in spite of the beastiality and gang rape. We also had to read at least one book that reflected traditional life and culture in our region, which is something I think every school should do.
Ideally you'd want the kids to be exposed to at least one work of genre fiction and at least one work of literary fiction. At least one work reflecting liberal values, and at least one work subverting or critiquing liberal values. A few book-length works, and a few short stories.
I'm excited to see what the other posters come up with.
Obsidian
3yr ago
It comes down to relative power. If you can make a weapon that lets any idiot (or, eventually, no idiot) destroy a main battle tank unassisted, then you don't need to worry very much about military training when facing tanks. Repeat mutatis mutandis for infantry, planes, drones, etc.
My take is that the West - including Turkey - is providing weapons to Ukraine that are decisively superior to what Russia is fielding.
Obsidian
3yr ago
Over the next few years we are going to have to answer some serious questions like, do humans need to work? Do we need a continual growth economy?
These are old questions. It is worth revisiting Bertrand Russell's 1932 essay on the topic. The fact that it could have been written yesterday speaks volumes about how much progress the revolutionary spirit has achieved in the meantime.
Obsidian
3yr ago
This is a fully general prediction for any technology.
Yes, it is in fact a political philosophy of technology. I'm still chasing literature support and context for it to be better able to communicate it, but at this point I'm pretty confident in it.
Obsidian
3yr ago
Any way I can get a feed of multiple online communities in one place, e.g. this one, rdrama and cumtown?
Obsidian
3yr ago
We are at the stage where the technology exists but is not yet effectively controllable by those in power. Compare with the Internet, which was value-neutral for a long time; but today oligopolies in payment processing and technical infrastructure enable the ruling coalition to push its opponents into ever more remote corners of the ecosystem. Surely dissident online spaces like this one will only become more marginalized as time goes on; so it will be with dissident use of AI technology.
Obsidian
3yr ago
I predict that this is a false dichotomy, and that AI is going to lead to a reorganization of American political coalitions such that the red and blue tribes will not exist in recognizable form. There will be schisms, alliances of convenience, and especially the rise of currently non-existent or occluded political interest groups.
Obsidian
3yr ago
I think what /u/MediumIsMessage is saying is probably true for androgens but not PEDs more broadly. I'm basing this off my brother's encounter with T, which made him into a much more manic/alpha type of guy.
Obsidian
3yr ago
First, there is no reserve of fresh, high-morale troops that Ukraine is bringing to the fight, like the Allies did as the Americans arrived starting in 1917.
I think high-tech weaponry has fundamentally reshaped warfare, though the final word isn't written on this.
"unbounded supply of Javelins, Stingers and Bayraktars" is the new "reserve of fresh, high-morale troops". Maybe.
Obsidian
3yr ago
Very happy to see you here. This series is one of my favorite fixtures of this space.
Obsidian
3yr ago
I never connected the two usernames, but I did notice both were excellent posters. Welcome.
new age Q-ists are pretty big about bonding, praise and positive emotion. Lots of yoga teachers and what not.
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